January 31, 2013

The other night I made these paper hearts while watching TV. You could stick them on a wall or door temporarily, or glue them to a board permanently to make a 3D wall poster. They'd be cool to attach to presents, too. Surprise somebody with an explosion of hearts!

These are made from traditional heart shapes with a slit cut partway down the center. Cut your own hearts freehand, or print and cut out the shapes on the template I made, which might be faster and uses fewer brain cells.

Oh! I just grabbed a scissors and didn't even notice! I have 5 of those left over from one of the Craft Socials.

Alex hasn't seen it yet. I just put them up and he's not home yet. I'm certain his first comment will be either, "Why are there hearts on our wall?" or else "There are hearts all over our wall." I say this from experience. He tends to state the obvious instead of exclaiming as rapturously as one might hope. But I love him to death.

I came across your on pinterest via this pin and as a fellow paper craft lover I am floored I haven't found your blog before. I absolutely LOVE how this looks, even to be used in my daughter's room when it's not Valentine's Day. Great idea!

I work with adults with developmental disabilities and am always looking for simple and fun crafts to decorate their homes for the different holidays. This one is great! thanks! I just might try three 3D hearts together for Shamrocks next month!

I did this today, not exactly like yours, I cut out my own hearts on construction paper because I don't have a printer that takes cardstock and that's the only other colored paper I have. I love it though! http://pinterest.com/pin/108016091034896054/ I posted my picture and linked to your blog on my Pinterest:)

I'm the Editorial Assistant for Fun Family Crafts and I wanted to let you know that we have featured your beautiful wall of hearts! You can see it here:

http://funfamilycrafts.com/wall-of-paper-hearts/

If you have other kid friendly crafts, we'd love it if you would submit them. If you would like to display a featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above. Thanks for a wonderful project idea!

Thanks for the great idea! I just did some in my store window display, but found that card stock was a bit too thick to achieve that little dimple without wrinkling the rest of the heart. Since I had already cut out 30+ hearts and didn't want to chuck them, I folded one curve over the other slightly, which still gave a 3D effect, though not as cute as yours, but effective for using what I had.

I used the red from a pack of Astrobrite copy paper (by Wausau Paper), available at probably any Office Max, Office Depot, Staples, etc.

I rolled a piece of scotch tape into a tube shape and placed it on the back of the heart near the bottom point, or sometimes along the side. This made the tape sort of 3D, and then I pressed the heart to the wall right there.

I actually did this and while I had some trouble getting them to stick to my wall, they were adorable. I also blogged my little craftiness and shared it on Keeping Up with the Johnson's. Here's my blog post in case you want to see your brilliance in a real live home. :)http://energiesandaffections.blogspot.com/2013/03/wall-of-hearts.html

The "hearts" template and ideas are incredible. I teach 6th grade religious education and this year we are in the Year of the Faith...which the bottom line is love. These hearts will be in multiples by my class to share with our community and their families. I am thinking of using them as the St Patrick hearts too that I noted. Hey, purple hearts sound great too.

Hi! Your 3D hearts design is wonderful! I'm a longtime fat rights activist. I saw a way to repurpose them a bit for people in my community, in time for Valentine's Day this year. I posted about it here, with credit and link to you.